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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal
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55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal

Your Guide to a Better Life

Simon & Schuster, 2019 Mehr


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Eye Opening
  • Concrete Examples
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Aging advocate Elizabeth White’s part-memoir, part-how-to text evokes regret and hope. You will regret not reading it sooner and you may feel resentful about the economic factors that strand many older adults – 55 and beyond – on a downward fiscal spiral. The upside: You will welcome her lessons on frugal living, meaningful choices and new career paths. Decades from now, you’ll be grateful that your younger self found time to read it.

Take-Aways

  • At age 55, you may feel financial anxiety and shame. You are not alone.
  • Your façade of financial well-being may fade like a tattered résumé.
  • Baby boomers and Gen Xers face diminishing career options, inadequate retirement savings and a lack of affordable housing.

About the Author

Elizabeth White is a frequent guest blogger and conference speaker. Her work has appeared in Barrons, Forbes, The Huffington Post, MarketWatch, Next Avenue, the American Society for Aging newsletter and The Washington Post, and she has appeared on the PBS NewsHour. Her TEDx Talk, now on the main TED stage, has more than 1.5 million views. White is a nonprofit executive and advocate for aging solutions.


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    4 years ago
    Great ideas for retirement with lower income
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    E. A. 4 years ago
    Some might say it is realistic, but i find the outlook suggested by this book is quite grim, especially when the author recommends drastically lowered expectations (in polite terms) as integral part to retirement planning.

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